John Kelly (text) & Steph Laberis (artwork) (Little Tiger Press) Duck wants to join a club. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy. The Lion club expects members to be able to roar, the Snake club wants members to be able to hiss … every club he approaches denies him membership. Disillusioned, Duck finally realises that the only …
If you are an adult reader of children’s literature, you will undoubtedly be used to snarky comments about why you are still reading “kids’ books”. I am not sure anyone has yet forgiven Martin Amis for his comments on writing children’s literature either: that having an audience in mind inevitably brings limitations and that “fiction is …
Two picture books on individuality, diversity, and acceptance, yet two very different stories. Which one will be your favourite? Bugs in a BlanketBeatrice Alemagna“Au pays des petits poux”, translated by Anthea Bell(Phaidon Press) In an old blanket live a whole colony of bugs. But each little bug lives in its own little hole, alone, with …
